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E46 Xi Forum The E46 XI was produced from 01-05 in sedan and touring body styles. Powered by either a 2.5L inline 6 in the 325xi or a 3.0L inline 6 330xi. Discuss all thing about BMW AWD E46 'Xi' here.

I see a whole bunch or window regulator replacements. If your window is struggling, check this out before replacing that expensive part. It might just be one of the brittle clips holding the wire to the glass. This fix takes some time and a 3¢ cable tie (although the cable ties CAN break).http://www.skene.org/bmw/window/index.html

I've got about 120K miles on my 2004 330xi. So far, the major things have been:

Upper rad hose exploded, expansion tank broke, passenger window regulator, ground wire to tail light (fixed under recall), csb, headliner and pillars, leather stitching split a little in the top of the back seat, vcg was leaking, leaking washer fluid pump, cracked windshield cowling, sway bar end link, a single bad o2 sensor,icv or throttle body was dirty causing car to go into limp mode, and intake boot had a small crack in it. Will be getting another bmw next year hopefully an x3 (manual). Oh, and it has 168k. No lights now just need an alignment and a new window regulator.